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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young adults with healthy blood pressure go on to have better thinking and memory skills in midlife than their peers with higher blood pressure, according to a new analysis. Previous studies have linked poor fitness and heart health in middle age to declining mental function and dementia around age 70 or 80 (see Reuters Health story of November 19, 2009 here: http://reut.rs/1i8EG2q). The new study suggests the relationship between heart health and brain function starts much earlier, linking blood pressure and blood sugar early in life with mental acuity decades later.

NBC dominated Monday's ratings race in key demos, winning five of six half-hours among adults 18-49 behind " The Voice " and " The Blacklist ," the latter of which had its second best score since late fall despite a lower lead-in from the music competition. Kicking off the night, CBS' " How I Met Your Mother " prepped for next week's series finale by edging out "The Voice" in young adults. ABC won in total viewers behind " Dancing With the Stars ," the night's most-watched program overall.

Dear Amy: I am a 23-year-old professional, with a good full-time job. I was raised in a religious family with strict and traditional views, and have been told how I should live. I have had a wonderful boyfriend for well over three years. We plan to get married when we are a bit older and financially ready, but we would like to live together beforehand. We love each other very much, and my family loves and respects him. I am afraid to tell my parents where I will be living.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the clock running down on Obamacare enrollment, the administration sought to persuade young people to sign up for health coverage on Tuesday by telling them how much it hurts not be insured - that is, how much it can hurt the wallet. Take the humble ankle sprain, one of the most common injuries among young adults under the age of 25. Treating it can cost $2,290. Then there's the broken arm: On average $7,700. And people without health insurance get to pay full freight.

When The Shed first opened in January 2011, it served as a country-club style alternative to the basement or garage for wannabe musicians. Owner Jim Schiffman said he knew from experience that many working professionals never gave up their dreams of rock stardom and he offered them a place of their own to rehearse, record, jam and hang out. Three years later, The Shed in Highland Park will expand both physically and creatively, with a newfound...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There will be no delay in the penalty most Americans face under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law if they fail to obtain health coverage this year, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Wednesday. Sebelius also said there would be no postponement of this month's deadline for enrolling in coverage through new private health insurance marketplaces or the Medicaid program for the poor. "No, sir," was Sebelius' categorical answer when asked about both prospects by Representative Kevin Brady of Texas at a hearing of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee.

Poor millennials. So willing are we to believe that today's young adults are a coddled, shiftless lot that every study directed at this generation of 18- to 31-year-olds is cause for renewed hand-wringing. Take a Pew Research Center report last year that found 36 percent of adults ages 18 to 31 live in their parents' homes - the highest share in at least four decades. Higher, that is, than the 32 percent who lived at home in 2007, at the onset of the Great Recession. Higher than the 34 percent who lived at home in 2009, when the recession officially ended.

The Buehler YMCA of Metro Chicago in Palatine attracted about 160 new members as a result of a campaign that significantly reduced rates for young adults, officials said. Of the 22 YMCA Metro sites participating in the program, the Palatine facility brought in the second highest number of young adults during a month-long pilot program. "I think the young adults, especially, are looking for a place to be, something to do, and something they can afford to do," said Heidi Deininger, the executive director of Buehler YMCA.

UPDATE: In "fast official" Nielsen estimates, NBC's " The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon " averaged a 2.6 rating in adults 18-49 and 7.69 million viewers overall -- the show's best scores in both categories since its Monday premiere. Thursday's rating is up 8% vs. the 2.4 for Wednesday and 13% higher than the 2.3 for Tuesday. Excluding the recent finale of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, " the 7.69 million is the largest audience for a Thursday episode of "Tonight" in nearly five years (since an appearance by President Obama in March 2009)

AMC's " The Walking Dead " dropped from its record-setting return of last week, but Sunday's episode still managed to outperform the Winter Olympics among young adults. Nielsen estimates that "Dead" averaged a 6.9 rating in adults 18-49 (about 8.7 million in this age range), down about 15% from its monster 8.2 -- a cable record -- for its winter premiere. It was up more than 20% for its second winter episode last season (5.6) and the third-highest rating for any telecast in series history.